Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos (11 September 1917-28 September 1989) was President of the Philippines from 30 December 1965 to 25 February 1986, succeeding Diosdado Macapagal and preceding Corazon Aquino.

Biography
Ferdinand Marcos was born on 11 September 1917 in Sarrat, Illocos Norte, Philippines to a family of Chinese people. Marcos fought alongside the Filipino resistance against Japan during World War II, surviving the Bataan Death March. From 1949 to 1959, he served in the House of Representatives from the second district of Illonos Norte after the end of the war, and from 1959 to 1965 he was a senator in the Philippines. Marcos was elected President of the Philippines in 1965 due to his status as a war hero and seasoned politician, and he was a strong anti-communist. Under his rule, the Philippines contributed troops to the Vietnam War to assist the United States, and in 1972 Marcos declared martial law and suspended the constitution. Marcos has political opponents like Benigno Aquino, Jr. murdered and had a police state, and Marcos and his wife Imelda Marcos embezzled billions of dollars for their personal pleasure. In 1986, Aquino's wife Corazon Aquino led several angry Filipinos in the "People Power Revolution" and overthrew Marcos' regime, and he died in 1989 in Honolulu, Hawaii of kidney, heart, and lung illness.